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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 679, 31 October 1891, Page 3

a ATROCIOUS MURDERS AND * TERRIBLE REVENGE. BURNED AT THE STAKE. A woman and her children were murdered under atrocious circumstances in Texas, and a negro who is supposed to have committed the deed was captured Ly the mob, numbering a thousand people, and burned at the stake. THE TURMOIL IN IRELAND. SOME WARM WORK. CRIMINAL TACTICS-SHARP BLOWS AND ANGRY TALK. Mr McDermott has been selected as the anti-McCarthy candidate for Kilkenny North. Mr Healy has visited Paris and secured the release of the funds deposited there with the French banks. Messrs James O’Kelly, John Barry, and W. O’Brien are editing a work on the late Mr Parnell’s life. In Cork an unruly mob pursued Messrs Dillon and O’Brien through the streets, yelling “Murderers! Traitors 1” It has now been ascertained that previous attempts were made to destroy the National Press office. The subsequent affair was premeditated, for immediately after the explosion sixty men rushed into the office shouting “Is Healy dead ? ” Some alarm exists throughout the country, as it is feared the extreme wing of Parnellites may further develops a dynamite policy. Serious rioting has taken place at Cork Convention, the mob stoning and beating the followers of Mr Justin McCarthy. The military were called out to assist the police in escorting Messrs Dillon and O’Brien to their hotel, which is strongly guarded. Mr Dillon declared that the paper United Ireland had threatened to sell Ireland to the Saxons before it would make friends with the M cCarthyites. It is stated that the National Press, commenting on the dynamite outrage, attributes it to the Parnellites, and says Parnellism is descending to Nihilism and the policy of Carbonari, an Italian secret society. In the course of a speech Mr Morley said he did not regret that he had given six of the best years of bis life to the cause of Ireland. He denounced Mr Chamberlain for hitting below the belt when speaking at Sunderland, and scathingly quoted some of the previous speeches delivered by the hon. gentleman. Mr Morley, speaking at the United Kingdom Alliance, said he would support the extension of the local option franchise, but was personally in favor of direct veto. AUSTRALIAN. Messrs Huddart Parker’s steamer > Coogee defeated the Union Company's K" Rotomahana in the run from Launceston by five minutes. There was great excitement on both vessels. The Sydney tailors go out on strike for an increase of wages on Saturday unless their demands are previously conceded.

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS AUCKLAND. Last Night, The Hon. W. P. Reeves, Minister for Education, is here. Mrs David Baxter, a newly married woman, broke a blood vessel and died suddenly. The Northern Company’s new steamer Waiotahi, for the Bay of Plenty trade, arrived from Glasgow this morning. The Irish National Federation passed a resolution, acknowledging Parnell’s services to the Irish cause. The Rev- H. Antrim, nephew of the famous General, has been inducted to the charge of St. Matthews. Cussena, a Hamilton brewer, was fined /"50 and his plant confiscated, for a breach of the Beer Duty Act. The local dog show opened to-day. The entries were more numerous than usual. The direct steamer Mamari arrived here to-day from South to load frozen meat. SOUTHERN NEWS. Last night. k The Boot Conference at Christchurch has been successful in coming to a mutual agreement. Several thousand persons were present at the Masterton Agricultural Show to-day. * General Booth had an enthusiastic reception at Lyttelton. The Wellington citizens are forming a League to counteract Auckland influence for the Stratford railway route. The wife of Mr McPherson, hotelkeeper at Balfour, Otago, has died suddenly of apoplexy. The daughter of Sir R. S. Hawkins, solicitor, shot herself in the Botanical Gardens, Wellington, this afternoon. A ten roomed housq at New Plymouth, occupied by Mr Coker, of Collier and Co, and owned by Judge Rawson, Invercargill, was burned down this morning The imports for the quarter ended 80th September are valued at £1,944,018, against £1,753,799 for the corresponding quarter of 1890 The exports for the quarter were £1,067,589, against £1,528,514 for the same quarter last year. A sailor named John Taylor, 25 years of age, who arrived at Lyttelton on the last voyage of the Coptic, while engaged fishing in Lake Taumutu was drowned through the boat capsizing. Frank Lindsay, 16 years of age, whose parents reside at Mornington, was drowned while bathing in a lagoon at Green Island Bush on Wednesday. | In the Wellington Supreme Court yesterday, in the case of Holmes, of Blenheim, v. T. K. Macdonald, claim £1,400 in connection with a flaxmill, defendant confessed, and Judgment Was entered for plaintiff. Charles Cochrane, toiler, dropped